Just finished: Blood Lad

You could say that this was somewhat influenced by either Underworld or Twilight because we have a Vampire as a main character and his nearest rival is a Werewolf gang leader.  The Vampire race seems to be the most powerful  in this Blood Lad universe.

My favorite thing aside from the various Gamer and Anime references is probably the power that Bell controls. She can create and view portals that allow her to travel or send things long distances.  Speaking of Anime references, in one episode there was a moment where Staz tries to launch a Kamehameha (from DBZ) Probably one of the few times I've seen one Fighting Anime show aware of another fighting Anime show! Staz being an Anime fan he praises Son Goku. Haha. Good to hear that May'n is still performing OP theme songs for Anime.

Flow's take on the DBZ opening theme song -music video

I was on Youtube hoping to listen to this Japanese band's song called "Days". An opening song from Eureka Seven when I saw  one of the related videos was "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" .The first opening song to Dragon Ball Z.

It's good and definitely sounds a lot cleaner than listening to the original 1989 version!

Blood Lad episode 3 thoughts

The journey in the Demon world continues... Staz looking for a way to revive our female protagonist. We meet a new character, The metal-pipe wielding wolf demon. In his base form he reminds so much of that one Soul Society captain  from Bleach.  Except in street clothes and add bracer? armor on one arm.

 I couldn't stop myself from laughing when the "Taxi" of the demon world arrived on the scene. Probably my favorite part of this episode.


pictures and questions after the break

Blood Lad - Only 10 episodes, seen two so far

My main reason for watching this series is because of its short episode count  at a mere 10 episodes. A really odd number for a TV show, which has me quite wary of the fact that this Anime may possibly have no resolution at all! That would be terrible.  This number count would be more normal for an OVA series released over several Months. Makes me really wonder if this show didn't get good ratings in Japan or something...


I kind of like the male Protagonist Staz.  He's a vampire or some other type of blood sucking demon as he doesn't really catch fire or glow when exposed to Sunlight. His quirk is that he's a bit of a Anime/Gaming Fanboy. In episode two there's actually a part where Dragon Quest / Dragon Warrior 1 gets referenced.

Staz drinking a Refreshment